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View Name: Michelle


MICHELLE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: French, English, Dutch
PRONOUNCED: mee-SHEL (French), mi-SHEL (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
French feminine form of MICHEL. It has been common in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century.
Related Names
VARIANT: Michèle (French)
DIMINUTIVES: Micheline (French), Chelle, Shell, Michelyne (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Michaela, Michala (Czech), Mikaela, Mikkeline (Danish), Mikaela (Finnish), Michaela, Michi (German), Micaela, Michela, Michelina, Lina (Italian), Mikaela (Norwegian), Michalina (Polish), Micaela, Miguela (Portuguese), Michaela (Slovak), Mihaela (Slovene), Micaela, Miguela (Spanish), Michaela, Mikaela (Swedish)
Popularity
United States  ranked #144 
Canada (BC)  - 
Australia (NSW)  - 
Austria  - 
Chile  ranked #62 
Ireland  - 
Netherlands  ranked #148 
Norway  - 
Sweden  - 



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